Newark schools spokeswoman leaving district for California

NEWARK – Two months after being appointed as the city's superintendent of schools, Christopher Cerf is in the market for a new spokesperson.

Executive Director of Communications, Brittany Chord Parmley, is leaving the district as of Sept. 25, she confirmed today. She will head back to her native California to take a job with the state's Assembly Republicans in Sacramento.

Parmley, 31, was hired by then-superintendent Cami Anderson in December, after a stint with California-based education reform advocacy organization StudentsFirst.

In a statement, she called her tenure in Newark "an absolute honor."

"While I look forward to the personal and professional opportunities ahead, I am extremely proud of the work being done to serve our students and staff and firmly believe that Newark's students will continue to benefit from the changes that are underway in the District," she said.